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VR Video Transition Pioneered by News Channel is the Best We’ve Seen Yet

What do you get when you cross immersive video with a TV newscast? Belgian news channel VRT Nieuws today released a 360 video that could be the answer. VRT (Flemish Radio and Television Organization) just completed construction on their new studio, and what...

Transfr Secures $12M Series A Financing to Scale Immersive VR Job Training Platform

With record high unemployment, it's becoming even more important to provide a path for jobseekers to learn new skills fast and retain them more easily. TRANSFRVR, one such company working to bring immersive VR learning to accredited job training...

‘Vail VR’ Studio Reveals $5.5M in Revenue as It Opens Crowd-investment Campaign

AEXLAB, the studio behind VR shooter Vail (2024), announced it's opened a crowd-investment campaign to support ongoing development of the game. Additionally, the studio revealed the multiplayer shooter has generated over $5.5 million in revenue to date, owing to its...

ENGAGE Launches ‘Link’ Metaverse Platform for Enterprise & Education

ENGAGE, the XR education and enterprise metaverse company, has launched its Link social platform which the company calls a “fully featured corporate metaverse.” Update (November 11th, 2022): Engage has officially launched Link, its business-focused metaverse platform designed for corporations, professionals, education, and...

‘Rec Room’ Battle Royale Shooter ‘Rec Royale’ Now Live on All Supported Platforms

Rec Room, the free multiplatform social VR app, just got its long-awaited battle royale shooting game, Rec Royale. Now live on all supported platforms, you'll be able to engage in some PUBG-style shootouts as you hang glide down to the...

Mindshow Unveils Enterprise Virtual Production Suite for XR Animation, Former Hulu Executive Signs on as COO

Mindshow, the real-time CG animation company, unveiled its virtual production platform for enterprise partners looking to use XR headsets to speed up the animating process. The company additionally announced the appointment of David Baron as Chief Operating Officer, a...

Google Responds to Developer Concerns About Long-term Commitment to Android XR

Google's announcement of Android XR last month was largely met with excitement, but there was a notable undercurrent of concern about Google's long-term commitment to the platform. The company has a storied history of launching new products and platforms,...

News Bits: More Amazing Procedural Sea Life from ‘Ocean Rift’, Coming Soon to Gear VR

More life-like sea creatures are emerging from the depths of Dr. Llyrd ap Cenydd's Ocean Rift, the underwater VR experience that's soon to appear on Samsung's Gear VR headset. Dr. Llyr ap Cenydd, developer of Ocean Rift, generated the uncanny sea life...

‘MYST’ Successor ‘Firmament’ Delayed on PSVR 2 to Early 2025 Following 2.0 PC Update

Cyan, the studio behind MYST and RIVEN, announced its PC VR-supported puzzle adventure Firmament (2023) is coming to PSVR 2 later than expected. The news comes following the release of the game's big PC and Mac 2.0 patch, which includes the...
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Long-Awaited ‘Vertigo 2’ DLC ‘Into the Aether’ Comes to PC VR This Week, Trailer Here

Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, developer behind the Vertigo series, announced that Vertigo 2 (2023) is getting its long-awaited DLC story expansion 'Into the Aether' this week. In late 2023, the studio announced it was pushing its “final content update” to the game with the the...

Fove to Explore Lighthouse Positional Tracking at $700,000 Stretch Goal, Announces SteamVR Support

Fove, the impressive eye-tracking VR headset that's smashed through their Kickstarter goal, has revealed plans to investigate 'Lighthouse' positional tracking from Valve as a $700,000 stretch goal. The company today is also announcing that they will support the OpenVR...

‘Civilization VII’ VR Version Coming Exclusively to Quest 3 Next Week, Gameplay Trailer Here

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is getting a special VR version soon, coming exclusively to Quest 3 and 3S next week. Developed by Playside Studios in partnership with Meta, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - VR is coming to Quest on April 10th, bringing...
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Hands-on: ‘Obduction’ is VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Myst’

Obduction is an upcoming adventure puzzle game for Oculus Rift from Cyan Inc., the creators of Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), and if the thought of seeing those intensely atmospheric worlds in virtual reality excites you, than I shall say no more. Except I will, because that's why...

News Bits: Oculus VR Agree to Acquire Design Carbon Design Group, Multiple Unannounced Projects in the...

Those of us wrapped up in the dizzying (sometimes literally) world of virtual reality have been so focussed on following the progress of how the hard, pure technical problems are being solved by those smart eggs at Oculus VR, that we...
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‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ PlayStation VR Experience ‘Blood Ties’ Detailed

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) launches for PlayStation 4 on October 11th and with it comes an exclusive PSVR experience called 'Blood Ties'. While Rise of the Tomb Raider launched on Xbox One in 2015 and PC early this...
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